Our Projects

At Plymouth & District Mind, we engage in a variety of project work at local, regional and national level. All our projects focus on promoting positive mental health. Our current projects include:

PONToon

The project, known as PONToon (Partnership Opportunities using New Technologies fostering sOcial and ecOnomic iNclusion), will target socially excluded women who are far removed from the labour market and who may face challenges such as single parenthood and mental health issues. Find out more…

Community Champion Training Programme

The Community Champion Training Programme is a 30 month Erasmus+ funded partnership project which aims to create an NVQ level 3 training programme to improve skills for third sector workers in helping those with disadvantaged backgrounds to develop self-efficacy, confidence and self-belief. Find out more…

Side by Side – Peer Support Project

We have received funding from National Mind and the Big Lottery to promote the value of peer support to people with experience of mental health problems, service providers and commissioners. As part of this project, we will be seeking to support peer support groups in the area with expert advice and support. Please visit the project page to find out more – Side by Side Project.

Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH): Positive Choices

DSH Positive Choices is an Erasmus+ project coordinated by Plymouth & District Mind. The project will deliver a series of workshops around the promotional of emotional awareness, confidence building, and self-exploration for young people, and self-harm awareness. The project partnership includes 6 organisations from all around Europe. Please visit the project page to find out more.